The Oita HeatDevils entered the 2012-13 having played 328 regular-season games over the past seven seasons. The HeatDevils lost 200 of those games — a nice round number — and won on 128 occasions.
They've had one winning season, going 22-18 in 2006-07 under Dai Oketani, when Mikey Marshall, Andy Ellis, Justin Allen, Kohei Mitomo and current coach Yukinori Suzuki were among the team's top players.
And they've come close to finishing above .500 on three occasions: 19-25 in 2007-08 (Oketani's final season with Oita), 25-27 in 2009-10 (under Brian Rowsom, a former NBA forward) and 23-29 last season under Suzuki.